LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY (LATIN GRAMMIES)
The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (or the Latin Recording Academy) is a multinational membership-based association composed of music industry professionals, musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other creative and technical recording professionals. They are dedicated to improving the quality of life and the cultural condition for Latin music and its makers, both inside and outside the United States. The academy is headquartered in Miami. The Latin Recording Academy is internationally known for the Latin Grammy Awards. (More from Wikipedia)
Linda Ronstadt’s first songwriting credit was on “Lo Siento Mi Vida” {“I'm Sorry, My Love”), which she co-wrote with her father Gilbert Ronstadt and her former bandmate in the Stone Poneys, Kenny Edwards. Ronstadt later recorded several Spanish-language albums, including Canciones de Mi Padre and Frenesí. While I was living in San Francisco in the mid-1990’s, I saw Linda Ronstadt’s name on a poster with numerous Latino performers that advertised an upcoming concert. It was a plain two-color poster in the Latino neighborhood called the Mission District and clearly was not aimed at her traditional fans. In 2011, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Recording Academy (known as the Latin Grammies).
(October 2013)
